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drpaladin

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From the Greek euphoros, meaning healthy.

Originally, euphoric and euphoria were medical terms.

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sandrewn

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We have gone through some extremes of late, which is a good thing, no? Is it not said that, variety is the spice of life. From a word that was thought dead and buried. One with a singular, meaning, to justify its' existence. One that came to life from the mind of a politician, shortly before I was born?

Then we have the word of today, 'euphoric'. Most sites, list it with two(2) adjective meanings, however my choice was/is the one that lists:

adjective (11)

 
adverb (1)

as in on cloud nine

256 Synonyms & Antonyms for EUPHORIC | Thesaurus.com

 

With all the possible synonyms available, euphoric would not be my first choice.

(I will admit I had to look up, dithyrambic)

:cowboy:

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Paladin

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Researching words can take us down many side roads. Yes, I also had to look up dithyrambic.

Back to euphoric. OED cites euphoria first being used in 1684 in T Bonet's Guide to Practical Physician, and it stays in medical use. I'm surprised that It takes two hundred years before the use of the adjective euphoric is recorded (M-W, 1888). It's a long time for a noun to be used before its adjectival form is also used.

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